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'''Report for the World''' (RFW) is a service program that matches local newsrooms with emerging journalists to report on under-covered issues around the globe. It was launched in 2021<ref>{{Cite web|title=The GroundTruth Project, home of Report for America, launches "Report for the World" with six reporters in India and Nigeria|url=https://www.niemanlab.org/reading/the-groundtruth-project-launches-a-global-service-program-report-for-the-world-with-six-reporters-in-india-and-nigeria/|access-date=2021-12-01|website=Nieman Lab}}</ref> as an initiative of The GroundTruth Project, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit journalism organization, in order to train and support teams of emerging journalists around the world.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The GroundTruth Project, Inc. - GuideStar Profile|url=https://www.guidestar.org/profile/46-0908502|access-date=2021-12-01|website=www.guidestar.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=About us|url=https://reportfortheworld.org/about-us/|access-date=2021-12-01|website=Report for the World|language=en-US}}</ref> RFW was co-founded by Charles Sennott, the chief executive officer and editor of The GroundTruth Project, and Kevin Grant, GroundTruth's chief content officer. According to Grant, Report for the World is a response to a “global call for more sustainable, more impactful and more local reporting," in an interview with VOA News.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Global Initiative Helps Newsrooms Boost Climate Change Coverage|url=https://www.voanews.com/a/press-freedom_global-initiative-helps-newsrooms-boost-climate-change-coverage/6206289.html|access-date=2021-12-01|website=VOA|date=27 May 2021 |language=en}}</ref> Report for the World is closely modeled after its sister program, Report for America.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-10-07|title=Report for the World program arrives in Brazil and helps two newsrooms hire reporters|url=https://latamjournalismreview.org/articles/report-for-the-world-arrives-in-brazil/|access-date=2021-12-01|website=LatAm Journalism Review by the Knight Center|language=en}}</ref>
Report for the World announced the selection of its first six journalists (called corps members), on World Press Freedom Day, May 3, 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-05-03|title=Report for the World announces first-ever corps|url=https://thegroundtruthproject.org/report-for-the-world-announces-first-ever-corps/|access-date=2021-12-01|website=The GroundTruth Project|language=en-US}}</ref> The corps members were assigned to TheCable in Nigeria and Scroll in India.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2021-05-03|title=TheCable becomes Report for the World's first Nigerian partner newsroom|url=https://www.thecable.ng/thecable-becomes-report-for-the-worlds-first-nigerian-partner-newsroom|access-date=2021-12-01|newspaper=TheCable|language=en-US}}</ref> On Dec. 1, 2021, RFW announced the placement of corps members at [https://infoamazonia.org/en/ InfoAmazonia] and [https://marcozero.org/ Marco Zero Conteúdo] in Brazil, The Wire in India, and Premium Times in Nigeria.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Report for the World fights global news crisis, more than doubles corps size|url=https://www.yahoo.com/now/report-world-fights-global-news-050000005.html|access-date=2021-12-01|website=www.yahoo.com|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Report for the World Programme Adds New Partners – Including The Wire in India|url=https://thewire.in/media/report-for-the-world-programme-adds-new-partners-including-the-wire-in-india|access-date=2021-12-01|website=The Wire}}</ref>
== See also ==
* Institute for Nonprofit News (member)
== References ==
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==External links== *{{official site|https://reportfortheworld.org/}}
Category:Journalism organizations based in the United States Category:Non-profit organizations based in the United States